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hello i just wanted to know i have a sneezy rat here at home and was woundering if there would be any effects if i fed the rat to my snakes?
any help will be appreicated

It'll probably stop sneezing after your bp eats it....

i think he was trying to be funny!! im sure your snake will be fine. rats sneeze from time to time.

It made me laugh. I am sure it will be fine.

If it's sneezing a lot, that's an upper respiratory infection (usually caused by Mycoplasma bacteria which is common in rats). I breed most of my own rats because most "feeder rats" at pet stores either have respiratory infections or are in the early stages of it.

Personally I don't feed rats with UPR's to my snakes. I don't know if Mycoplasmosis bacteria can have any effect on snakes (probably not), but I prefer not to find out.

~kasey

Considering that the bacteria would be heading into the stomach, it would be destroyed by digestive acids.

Rats are often sneezy, as long as they don't have runny noses, crusty eyes, labored breathing, or continued sneezing every 3 minutes, they should be fine.
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